AK Party Izmir tram project was removed from the declaration

The AK Party removed the Izmir tram project from its declaration: “Konak- promised to Izmir in the AK Party's election declaration.Karşıyaka tram project ”was removed from the declaration. Following the announcement of this promise by AK Party President Ahmet Davutoğlu, CHP Izmir Metropolitan Mayor Aziz Kocaoğlu announced on Twitter that the project belongs to them and that they will start laying the rail on April 25.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu revised the part of the election declaration he announced on April 15 about İzmir on April 20. Davutoğlu, in the first declaration, Konak and Karşıyaka tram projects. However, the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality made the tender for this project a year ago, and the winning company set up the construction site and started the infrastructure works.

When Kocaoğlu saw his project in the AK Party statement, he said, “Mr. The Prime Minister put Izmir's trams in the election manifesto. Whereas on April 25, KarşıyakaWe are even starting to lay the rail in ”.

How the project, which the CHP started to undertake, entered the AK Party's election declaration surprised the top executives of the government and the deputies of Izmir. There was no positive response to the applications made by the Metropolitan Municipality to Ankara for the new stages of the Izmir Metro.

Revised Substance

The AK Party revised the declaration on its official website. Previously, on page 221, “We will continue the rail system investments, especially Istanbul. Tandogan-Keçiören in Ankara, AKM- Gar-Kızılay, Levent-Hisarüstü in Istanbul, Üsküdar-Ümraniye- Dudullu, Kartal-Kaynarca, Kabataş-Mecidiyeköy-Mahmutbey, Bakırköy-Kirazlı, Kaynarca-Sabiha Gökçen, Marmaray Rail System Projects, and Konak and Izmir Karşıyaka "Izmir tram project" was removed from the article that is "We will complete tram projects, Antalya airport-EXPO projects". The new version of the article on page 224 of the declaration was prepared as follows:

“We will rapidly continue the rail system investments, especially in Istanbul. Tandogan-Keçiören in Ankara, AKMGar- Kızılay, Levent-Hisarüstü in Istanbul, Üsküdar-Ümraniye- Dudullu, Kartal-Kaynarca, Kabataş-Mecidiyeköy-Mahmutbey, Bakırköy-Kirazlı, Kaynarca-Sabiha Gökçen, Marmaray Rail System Projects, Antalya airport-expo projects. ”